The astonishing profile of a man condemned for cultivating cannabis “as one does his vegetable garden”

^“You are very integrated socially and you cultivate one hundred and ten cannabis plants as one does his vegetable garden! “ The Toulon court did not return by dwelling on the profile of this man tried for offenses against the legislation on narcotics. This quadra indicated that he owned several real estate, a motorcycle, an elegant sedan … More than one hundred thousand euros sleep in the bank account of this Seynois who receives land income and who sold his service company in 2018.

A portrait far removed from the cliché “of the young with dreadlocks [qui se fait attraper] with ten cannabis plants “, observes the president of the correctional hearing.

“I made cuttings”

Betrayed by the scents that emanated from his home, in the vicinity of the forest of Janas, the defendant was arrested on June 16, 2021. “There are also some at my grandmother’s”, the overwhelmed cannabis grower immediately admitted. “I made cuttings, I had no more room.”

“I had been a consumer for many years, he explains. When my grandmother left for a retirement home, I said to myself that it would be good to insure my consumption. “

“The idea was to build up a stock for two years. To have the cleanest possible product and not to feed any trafficker.” He also happened to sell weed in his entourage.

In addition to the one hundred and ten cannabis plants, the police seized all the paraphernalia necessary for the cultivation indoor, a van, 1,380 euros in cash and nearly two kilos of dried grass.

A tormented personality

“He’s a boy who didn’t have priori no problem, in fact he’s unfortunate. “ Questioned by his lawyer, Me Didier Hollet, the defendant ended up lifting the veil on a tormented personality.

As a teenager, we kept his father’s death hidden from him. “He thought he was on an oil rig”, specifies his defender. Young adult, it is his mother who is “died of a stroke”.

Still later, her marriage shatters. “My daughter’s mother moved to Brittany. For three years, I have been a ‘holiday dad’.”

“He needs green plants”

“I was in a destructive process, I no longer had a sense of reality. Finally, the arrival of the police was a bad for a good. Now I am psychologically free.”

To make sure of this, the justice system pronounced an obligation of care against drug addiction. And consented to the return of the van.

“My project is to go back to see my daughter, to live and work in Brittany.” And his lawyer to plead: “The area where it will flourish is the landscaped sector. It needs nature, green plants.”

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